BACKGROUND Suitable propofol plasma concentrations during gastroscopy have not been determined for suppressing somatic and hemodynamic responses in different age groups. METHODS Propofol sedation at target plasma concentrations from 0.5 to 4.0 microgram/ml were performed randomly in three groups of patients (23 per group) who were undergoing elective outpatient gastroscopy: ages 17-49 yr (gro...

We report a delayed postoperative injury to the esophagus in patient who underwent cervical corpectomy for spondylodiscitis. The was 72-year-old man. He diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging with spondylodiscitis at C5/6/7, an epidural abscess and ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament from C2 C7. For surgical treatment, interbody fusion mesh cage C5/6, anterior plate laminectomy C3/...

OBJECTIVE To assess prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, reasons for referral for gastroscopy, and clinical findings of gastroscopy in a symptomatic First Nations population in northwestern Ontario from 2009 to 2011. DESIGN Three hundred four hospital charts of symptomatic patients who underwent upper endoscopy between June 2009 and March 2011 were reviewed. SETTING Meno Ya Win Heal...

Background: The present study aimed to explore the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture (EA) in combination with a local anesthetic used Western medicine preventing side effects gastroscopy.

A middle age woman was hospitalized for investigation of a mobile filling defect in the stomach with exacerbation of 3-year gastric symptoms. Gastroscopy revealed a huge pedunculated polyp. Histologic report of the mass was gastric antral lipoma. Since the patient refused surgery, cauterization polypectomy was performed without any complication.